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The chemical revolution : a contribution to social technology / Archibald Clow, Nan L. Clow.

By: Clow, Archibald.
Contributor(s): Clow, Nan L.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Classics in the history and philosophy of science, v. 8.Publisher: Philadelphia : Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, c1992Description: xx, 680 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 2881245498.Subject(s): Chemistry, Technical -- History | Chemical industry -- Great Britain | Industrial arts -- HistoryDDC classification: 660.09033
Contents:
Minerals and manufactures -- The economy of common salt -- The trade in ashes and kelp -- The palaeotechnic transition -- Soap -- Vitriol in the industrial revolution -- Balloons -- Cognates to the textile industry -- The Scottish bleaching industry -- The philosophy of colour -- Calico-printing -- Mordants and the macintoshes -- Scottish paper-mills -- The art of glass -- Pottery -- Iron and iron-masters -- Scotland's treasure-house -- The British Tar Company -- Light and labour -- Instantaneous lights -- Farm factories and the economy of vegetation -- Saccharopolis -- Fermentation industries -- Appertizing -- Social personnel.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 660.09033 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00047975
Total holds: 0

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This important book examines the early chemical industry in transition from an economy dependent on wood and water to a manufacturing powerhouse based on coal and iron. Beginning with the first chemical works for producing sulfuric acid in 1749, the historical survey culminates with James Beaumont Neilson heating the blast supplied to iron surfaces in 1830. Between these events are perspectives and accounts that will fascinate chemists and historians alike.

Bibliography: (pages 633-661) and index.

Minerals and manufactures -- The economy of common salt -- The trade in ashes and kelp -- The palaeotechnic transition -- Soap -- Vitriol in the industrial revolution -- Balloons -- Cognates to the textile industry -- The Scottish bleaching industry -- The philosophy of colour -- Calico-printing -- Mordants and the macintoshes -- Scottish paper-mills -- The art of glass -- Pottery -- Iron and iron-masters -- Scotland's treasure-house -- The British Tar Company -- Light and labour -- Instantaneous lights -- Farm factories and the economy of vegetation -- Saccharopolis -- Fermentation industries -- Appertizing -- Social personnel.

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